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SUBMITTER: Garcia-Contreras C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6986718 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
García-Contreras Consolación C Madsen Ole O Groenen Martien A M MAM López-García Adrián A Vázquez-Gómez Marta M Astiz Susana S Núñez Yolanda Y Benítez Rita R Fernández Almudena A Isabel Beatriz B Rey Ana Isabel AI González-Bulnes Antonio A Óvilo Cristina C
PloS one 20200128 1
Growth is dependent on genotype and diet, even at early developmental stages. In this study, we investigated the effects of genotype, sex, and body weight on the fetal muscle transcriptome of purebred Iberian and crossbred Iberian x Large White pigs sharing the same uterine environment. RNA sequencing was performed on 16 purebred and crossbred fetuses with high body weight (340±14g and 415±14g, respectively) and 16 with low body weight (246±14g and 311±14g, respectively), on gestational day 77. ...[more]